The opportunity
At Klaviyo, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives each Klaviyo (we call ourselves Klaviyos) brings to our workplace each and every day. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot at success and appreciate the experiences each person brings beyond the traditional job requirements.
What you'll do
Build a deep understanding of engineering needs across the organization,: guiding the design and development of the right platform primitives (infrastructure, databases, queuing, and more) and balancing the platform's vision with the practical needs of product teams
Set the technical vision and long-term roadmap for core platform services,: translating organizational priorities into a clear, multi-year plan
Own the design, development, and evolution of foundational platform: primitives that product teams rely on to ship quickly and safely
Lead cross-team initiatives that improve the availability, scalability,: latency, and cost-efficiency of Klaviyo’s core platforms, and drive adoption of the resulting paved paths
Identify systemic gaps and architectural bottlenecks, and lead the design and delivery of solutions
Leverage technologies such as Python, Go, AWS, and Kubernetes to advance the: platform, partnering closely with security, and product engineering leaders
What they're looking for
- BA or BS degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent experience
- + years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale: distributed systems, with a track record of technical leadership
- Deep, hands-on experience developing production software in Python and/or Go
- Extensive experience working in cloud-native environments, with hands-on: ownership of infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform) and containerized platforms (e.g. Kubernetes)
- Fundamental understanding of Linux and all layers of the networking stack;: comfortable administering and debugging production systems
- Experience across a range of platform-related domains such as API gateways &: traffic management, observability, asynchronous processing, or database/storage platforms
- Proven ability to independently own the full lifecycle of complex, cross-team: platform initiatives — from discovery and technical design through rollout and long-term maintenance
- Strong track record of mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction beyond your immediate team
